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Re: Jethro and Matilda - colours

by New_Chloe

8/9/2014, 7:05 PM

Quite a few of us around here mention colours when we talk about names, because many of us have touches of synesthesia (as it appears you do!). It's pretty well understood that names are different "colours" for different people. We just like sharing what we "feel" from the names, it's all in good fun :)

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- araslanka

8/9/2014, 9:06 PM

Ohh... thanks :) I kind of didn't get that. I mean, I thought everyone matched names with certain colours but I knew that the colours are different for different people, so I was all like "not everyone is going to think Matilda is a raspberry name!"

Thanks for explaining!

- kudriashkajo (jodirae) +2

8/9/2014, 7:11 PM

I've always wondered what was up with you "colour" people. Just googled synesthesia and took a quick test. Every question seemed completely outrageous to me! So I guess I do not even have a touch of synesthesia Wow, I had no idea this was a real thing.

- queenv (guest) +1

8/9/2014, 8:04 PM

I don't have synesthesia, either. Motivated by your Googling, and pretty well bored tonight, I decided to Google it, too. I came upon this statement, made by a person who says s/he has synesthesia:

"Certain people have certain shapes too. This is really hard to describe. My mom, for instance, is a three-dimensional maroon coloured square with black triangular spikes. [italics added] My grandmother was rectangular and yellowish. I have an aversion to people who are orange diamond-shaped and avoid them like the plague."

This horrified me and sent chills down my spine.

My mom...black triangular SPIKES?

- araslanka

8/9/2014, 9:07 PM

Black triangular spikes.

Run awaaaay....

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